Innovation Velocity: the Key Driver of Cloud Adoption` Cloud adoption is critical for making organizations more agile, proactive, and responsive. According to MongoDB's 2016 Cloud Adoption Survey, accelerating time to value is a key driver of cloud adoption, with 40% of respondents citing it as a reason. Time to market is critical to innovation, which drives revenue. Inability to innovate can lead to losing out on new markets and revenue streams. Organizations need IT to enable business and move fast to stay competitive. Adopting cloud services requires careful consideration of what functions to move to the cloud, aligning business and IT, and adjusting cultural and developmental practices. The 2016 Cloud Brief provides insights from over 2,000 technical stakeholders on the progression of cloud computing and barriers to adoption in organizations.